Details of kidnapping in Belgrade: They first got his friend, forced him to lure in the Berane man

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In less than 72 hours, members of the Belgrade police and the Service for the Fight against Organized Crime (SBPOK) shed light on the kidnapping of Filip Golubovic (25) from Berane in Montengro and arrested three kidnappers. Milos Golubovic was handcuffed in Novi Sad on Tuesday night, while Aleksandar Jovanovic, 31, and Filip Cvetanovic, 30, were detained in the Borca neighborhood near Belgrade where they were found in a house along with the victim.

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The three suspects are charged with luring Filip Golubovic in the evening hours of August 21, forcibly pushing him into a car and taking him to an apartment in Borca. There he was tortured and abused for three days. They planned to demand a ransom of 150,000 euros from his relatives and friends. He was rescued by the police.

"We suspect that this trio previously got hold of Filip's friend, whom they forced to call him on the phone and tell him to meet him in a bar on Zorana Djindjica Boulevard in New Belgrade," a source close to the investigation told the daily Novosti. "He refused at first, and then made the call. The young Berane man had only just arrived and idn't even know what hit him, as he quicly ended up in the car and was being transported to the apartment."

Shortly after the kidnapping, Filip's friend called the police and reported it. The name of the abducted Berane man was very well known to the police, and was also mentioned in the media. It was suspected that this it was a classic kidnapping for ransom or a planned murder.

"Filip was soon located and operation to rescue him began. Traces of abuse were visible on him, and Cvetanovic and Jovanovic were found next to him. A man who is suspected of having masterminded it all was caught in Novi Sad. Allegedly, there was a debt of 100,000 euros that Filip's family owed Milos, so he wanted to get that money with Filip's help, but also another 50,000 euros. That story is now being checked," the source told Novosti.

Filip was arrested in Belgrade last year when a gun and about 30 grams of cocaine were found on him.

During the day, Milos Golubovic and his two accomplices were interrogated in the premises of the Belgrade police, where their identification was also carried our. Earlier, they were detained by the police for up to 48 hours. On suspicion that they committed the crime of kidnapping, they will be brought before the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade on Thursday, along with a criminal complaint.

Otherwise, Filip Golubovic, a native of Berane, is directly connected with the disappearance of Goran Mihajlovic from Resnik that happened on April 1, 2019. He was the last to see Mihajlovic, and as he suspected of luring that young man in. Mihajlovic has been missing ever since. According to some information, the criminal clan led by Veljko Belivuk and Marko Miljkovic was involved in his disappearance.

(Telegraf.rs)